June 20th -Metro High- Gymnasium
Roy manages to(barely) Grab the surprised gunman, lifting him helplessly into the air. The others stare blankly at him for a moment, until the spell is broken by the nervous man from earlier.
"BROTHER!" He shouts, stepping forwards. "Please, no more.." Though his words seem lost on the other gunmen, who point their weapons at Roy, shouting at him all at once.
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Also, Andor - You've got the guy pinned, but theres a buncha angry terrorists pointing semi-automatic weapons at you and shouting. Things aint lookin so hot for Kid Super.
Crud, crud, crud. I gotta focus all their attention on me before they realize all the other kids are still hostages. Well as long as my cover is blown... Eyes blazing orange with his anger and fear Roy throws the gunman in a one handed overhand toss at the next closest riflemen, he misses badly however and the thug flies on into the wall."Everybody DOWN!" he shouts.
And I'm not worried about Roy, unless I badly misread the system he's just flat immune to regular gunfire, though still vulnerable to a punch upside the head. His actions however are probably not the best that could be imagined, but he's a 16 yr old kid who still doesn't know his powers, or even really his own strength. I just hope he doesn't lose any classmates.
__________________ -Andor
"Congratulations. You just invented 'negligent regicide.'" - Schlock Mercenary
Two hurried steps into the quiet classroom to account for speed differences (didn't quite compensate enough there, Mitch) and he's free to let his breath rush out in retrospective dread and wonder : hell of a ride, HELL of a RIDE!
No time to shake though, got to -
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jemal
As he turns to leave the classroom, he notices a camera floating just outside the window, taking pictures of him...
Invisible reporters?! What- Wait- The camera is not stopping. It just keeps on moving sideways and snapping away, hasn't focused on him at all in fact... And it's not moving right either, not at all like somebody carrying-
On a hunch Nightshift swivels his gaze out and catches sight of her almost immediately. Over there behind the police line : shoulder length dark hair, press badge, indoor-white skin, maybe twenty. And with intense green eyes staring fixedly at the camera's every move, almost as if she's *supporting* it!
Rawling would catch that gaze if he could, get some sort of contact. Short of a scene though...
Right! The old soldier strides forth, taking it off as he goes. Catching up to the camera's sideways advance, he thumps his 50th anniversary gold watch down on a specific desk, looking right down the objective's throat as he does so. Here! It is HERE!
<Classroom 1011, second row from the window, first desk up front.
Good luck on your mission, soldier, hope I'll get a chance to see you again.
And then he's off at a quiet lope, back into the darkened classroom. Because the time hasn't been wasted, whatever the case with green-eyes. The radio's been babbling all this time (not very tight comsec, thankfully) and from what he can piece together, save for those trapped in the gym and a few gunmen guarding doors, the school is empty. It's currently being surrounded by swat teams as they wait for the negotiator to arrive.
The important part being : "in the GYM"! And so Rawling peers both ways from his crouch at the door before padding to the big red box marking the nearest fire hose, and the emergency evacuation plan he knows he'll find right next to it.
Actions
Assuming no gunmen in the corridor, find the best alternate access to the gym, ideally through the team lockers and not in front of the gunmen on watch.
Oh and re-reading the rules for mind control I realized that, as written, Command Voice takes a standard action to take control and a move action to issue a command (i.e. a full action to use). I'll therefore change my stats so that control + command takes a standard action all told, as I thought it worked (i.e. add a +1 Extra to it). It'll be done tomorrow, I think.
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Binder Fred, nice twist on the camera thing, Jemal.
__________________ So it goes.
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To someone who knows what to look for, Cassandra is pretty easy to spot...she's staring right at the camera fixedly. Although she's controlling the device's movements, she can't actually see through it though, and Nightshift is inside a building, behind glass. Between the light differential and the reflective pane, she doesn't see him in there at that distance.
After taking a few shots through that window, she therefore moves the camera on to the next to get a few more...then to the next, for different angles.
Outside
The Police officer sighs at Gordon "Well that may be sir, but as you know I'm going to have to see some ID before you send me to the parking lot." He crosses his arms, waiting.
"Sorry, I... just ....well... ok. It's just my kids are inside and I just want to help them. You wouldn't understand, you're kids aren't stuck being held by some terrorist, why don't you take them down? I've seen movies, you're snipers should take the shots." Gordon says to the man, then realizing he won't get anywhere with him, turns back to the crowd of people and tries to find a nearby alley to duck into.
-Megacomix-Robert had been almost at the entrance to the comic shop when the three he'd been tailing came out with a young man who looked QUITE nervous, nearly bowling Robert over as he doesn't notice him.
Bob follows the three outside and nearly runs into a customer on his way past.
The man who'd done most of the talking inside looks from Bob to Robert, a curious expression on his face, as if he recognized the man from somewhere, but he shrugged "Excuse us, Sir." He stepped out of Robert's way and took a hold of Bob's arm gently but forcefully "Our vehicle is across the street, Mr Reddington, we can speak freely once we're inside."
Robert moves past the group, then opens the door to the shop. Then he makes his move, he speeds over picks up Bob and speeds off down the street. He makes a number of turns and ends up on the roof of a building before placing the man back down. Robert then allows the other man a moment to reorient himself before speaking. "What is your power? Those guys only grab people with 'SPECIAL' powers. What is yours?" Robert then waits for the other man to respond. Even after his amazing run he is not winded n the least.
OOC: Robert's normal speed is is about 16.66 miles per melee round. Bob is a medium load for Robert which means he travels at 2/3 speed or a maximum of 11.11 miles. Robert carries Bob no more then a few miles so there should be no problems.
(OOC need update from Jemal before I can do anything, since Cassandra has no knowledge of what Nightshift is doing, and won't until she gets the camera back and looks at the pictures. ...and I admit, I'm a little mystified by what he's doing OOC too. You said he was 'taking it off...' Does that mean he undressed? And the watch? Hee hee. Poor Cass and her player are confused. )
Bob FREAKS THE HELL OUT!!! He only has time to say "Yeah..." to the gov't guy dragging him out of the store before he's grabbed by someone else and carried at breakneck speeds down the street, barely even starting to shout "WHAT THE-!?!?!" as he gets dragged away!
Somehow, the insane ride stops after a few seconds and Bob almost hurls! "Guh! Wha- what the-" he stammers out, looking at the stranger that-wait, did this guy just drag him over here THAT FAST?!!?!? Bob's mind reels for a moment, as he just blinks stupidly and his jaw hangs slack.
Finally, he responds "Y....you've got powers too? Y-you don't need to know mine! .....Aw, crud, I just blurted it out! Well, so what?!!? Whaddya mean the gov't 'just takes people with special powers'?!?! That's crazy! They're the government! I didn't do nothin'!" Bob backs away and looks nervously at the stranger.
Outside Megacomix
The streak that was Robert Paul Marshall is a mile away before the agents even realize what happened.
"DAMIT! Looks like he's a speedster. Call the tracker."
-Metro High- -Outside-
"Because they're holed up in the gym and our snipers can't shoot through walls, sir." The cop says tiredly, just before Gordon turns to leave, then looks to another 'concerned parent' and continues his job.
Meanwhile Cass notices her partner coming over to her, seemingly done arguing with the police, and not looking too happy.
As he opens his mouth to speak, there is a loud Explosion from the building, followed by screaming.
Inside
Nightshift finds his map and is just about to enter the gym, pondering what he'll do once inside, when he hears shouting and a sudden explosion from inside, followed by screaming.
Gym "BROTHER, NO!!" The nervous man shouts as his brother is thrown across the room. He points a hand at Roy and there is a loud EXPLOSION that everybody else hears but Roy feels as he finds the terrorists retreating at an alarming pace - It's only as he hits the brick wall behind him that he realizes they were standing still and he was flying backwards. He crashes straight through the wall, leaving a large hole, and by the time he's stood up and his ears have stopped ringing, he can hear screaming from the terrified students on the other side.
The terrorist who shouted at him has pulled off his mask and is staring angrily at Roy, the others are staring in awe at the hole.
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Wait... miles per ROUND? *checks sheet/book* Wow.. ok, I seriously underestimated your speed. I didn't realize you travelled at Mach 13, you're not just supersonic, you're Hypersonic. Hell, you're only 1 rank away from achieving Escape Velocity!
Just for the record, we won't be dealing with sonic booms.
Anyways, you guys're currently free of DM interference for the moment, so feel free to talk back and forth.
Now for the school: Terrorist attack on Kid Super Kid Super Toughness save vs Terrorist explosion (1d20+6=17, 1d20+7=27) Hmm.. nat 20 eh?
Andor!! Gain 1 bruised damage and 1 hero point as I use GM Fiat to negate your 20, b/c I want you flying through a wall. :P No stunned or extra damage from the wall, though. You're now about 50' away from him, with a rather large hole in the wall between you. All the kids & other terrorists are considered stunned for this round.
EVERYONE who's planning on doing something about the explosion please roll initiative at this point. (Andor and badguys included.)
Also, could everyone please have their actual defense/toughness posted somewhere so I don't have to look through the sheet and do math for each attack?
Gym "BROTHER, NO!!" The nervous man shouts as his brother is thrown across the room. He points a hand at Roy and there is a loud EXPLOSION that everybody else hears but Roy feels as he finds the terrorists retreating at an alarming pace - It's only as he hits the brick wall behind him that he realizes they were standing still and he was flying backwards. He crashes straight through the wall, leaving a large hole, and by the time he's stood up and his ears have stopped ringing, he can hear screaming from the terrified students on the other side.
The terrorist who shouted at him has pulled off his mask and is staring angrily at Roy, the others are staring in awe at the hole.
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Now for the school: Terrorist attack on Kid Super Kid Super Toughness save vs Terrorist explosion (1d20+6=17, 1d20+7=27) Hmm.. nat 20 eh?
Andor!! Gain 1 bruised damage and 1 hero point as I use GM Fiat to negate your 20, b/c I want you flying through a wall. :P No stunned or extra damage from the wall, though. You're now about 50' away from him, with a rather large hole in the wall between you. All the kids & other terrorists are considered stunned for this round.
EVERYONE who's planning on doing something about the explosion please roll initiative at this point. (Andor and badguys included.)
Also, could everyone please have their actual defense/toughness posted somewhere so I don't have to look through the sheet and do math for each attack?
Ugh. Either that was an invisible grenade, or I'm not the only super around. Whee.
Roy's actions will depend on the bad guys. If they open up on the students he's going to go after the gunmen. If not he'll try his eyebeams on the badguy, who knows? Maybe they only work right if he's in danger.
Defenses
Defense = 13
Toughness +3 (+4 point Impervious Toughness vs ranged, +3 vs Physical when spinning)
Fort 7 + 3 = 10
Will 9 + 1 = 10
Ref 4 + 2 = 6
__________________ -Andor
"Congratulations. You just invented 'negligent regicide.'" - Schlock Mercenary
Robert glances around to make sure there is no one else around. "Look! I realize this is probably pretty weird. But trust me, I've seen them take two people away that have powers. One of them is a friend. I am not real sure what branch of the government they are with or if they are even connected to the government. I will tell you this. If I hadn't rescued you they would have knocked you out and taken you." He pauses for a moment. "Is there a safe place you can go? I can take you there in an instant if it is local."
Nighshift is just about throught the muggy guy's locker room, sneaking up on the athletes' door to the gym, when he hears shouting and a sudden *explosion* from inside, followed by screaming.
Before he knows it he's vaulting out of the trench (crashing through a gym door in this case) and charging the Golf Delta machine gun emplacement. You're *sure* this is what you wanted, Mitch?
His gun has blurred into is his hand somewhere in there and he's pointing it at more than half a dozen armed men in masks : "DROP YOUR WEAPONS, *NOW*!"
Actions
Free=switch on Duty Revolver alternate power
Move= Position himself so his Command voice affects as many of the gunmen as possible. If he can see a likely spot through the door, teleport instead.
Standard= Command Voice, 100' cone, Will save 20
DEFENSE: 20 [10 + 3Base + 7Shield power] ---> FLATFOOTED 11
TOUGH 10 [0Base + 3con + 7Costume power]
FORT 3 [0Base + 3con]
REF 7 [4Base + 3dex] (Area effect = no dam on succ save)
WILL 10 [8Base + 2Wis]
Questions =
Do the gunmen carry anything besides their machineguns? He's remembering the police car out there, though I guess we now know what happened there, right ?
Do they look armored in any way?
Anything of note about the one not wearing his mask?
N.B With his newfound Skill Mastery he'll take 10 on any Notice rolls needed = 22
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Binder Fred, guts and glory.
__________________ So it goes.
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Bob blinks and looks at the guy funny. Then, he says "Are you sure? They can't be hurtin' folks just for gettin' powers all of a sudden......can they?" He looks around and thinks on it, then says "I guess we can go to my apartment.... But if they were gonna grab me, they might be watchin' there too..." Bob reluctantly tells the stranger his address.
The terrorists look between roy and the super-terrorist for a few seconds, unsure what to do. Super-Terrorist, however, knows exactly what to do as he moves forward, walking past the cowering children to join Roy in the adjacent classroom, and holding up a hand again. Another invisible explosion catches Roy square in the chest, though he manages to shake it off now that he's not taken by surprise.
At this point, a man enters from the other side of the gym, and orders the terrorists to drop their weapons. Amazingly, most of them do so, leaving only 2 armed, who are snapped out of their shock by the man's appearance, and start raising their guns to point at him.
Roy focuses on the terrorist and his eyes begin to glow red, a thin beam of light shines through the dust in the room from his eyes to the Super-Terrorist's chest.. but nothing seems to happen.
Not even seeming to notice in his rage, the Super-Terrorist shouts and charges at Roy, slamming his hands into Roy and unleashing another blast right into the kid's abdomen.
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Was going to wait and see if Gordon was doing anything, but I guess It'll take him a little while to get past the police barricade if he does try (Unless he decides to go straight through..), so I'll catch him up if he does anything
Sorry Andor, the beams don't work ATM.
Next Round: Terrorist Charging Roy; Toughness Save (1d20+8=26, 1d20+7=12)
Ouch, you're saves aint doin so hot since that first 20.. OK, i'm gonna leave it off here and let you decide if you wanna use a hero point to reroll. (ALSO see OOC thread for more on this)
Cassandra starts to reel the camera back in when she sees Vic coming back. She manages a weak smile for him and says, "So...I guess it didn't go too..."
That's as far as she gets. Victor opens his mouth to cut her off angrily, and then the gym wall explodes.
The next thing Cass knows she's on her back on the pavement with Vic lying on top of her. For a dizzy instant she wonders if the blast threw him...then she realizes that he must have dived into her to shield her. Even though the explosion was quite a ways away...far too much so to pose any direct risk.
And she'd lost the camera to boot. It must have dropped to the ground in the bushes outside of the gym somewhere.
She patted Victor's back and squirmed out from under him. "I think it's okay. It's clear over at the gym."
God those poor kids. What do I do now?
And, of course, she had to get the camera back.
"Victor, I'm going over there," Cassandra said, and then quickly, so as not to give him time to argue, "Distract the police!"
Then she was off and running. Not directly towards the gym, which would be too obvious, but towards the library where she could get cover in the hedge that surrounded it...then make her way to the gym building across the quad, far enough from the police line that she might escape notice.
Bob blinks and looks at the guy funny. Then, he says "Are you sure? They can't be hurtin' folks just for gettin' powers all of a sudden......can they?" He looks around and thinks on it, then says "I guess we can go to my apartment.... But if they were gonna grab me, they might be watchin' there too..." Bob reluctantly tells the stranger his address.
Robert nods and then in a flash he has picked up the other man and they are off. It takes him several tries to find the right street. But at the speed he moves it is almost imperceptible. Once he finds the right street it is but a short time before he finds the right address and then the right apartment. Then he puts Bob down at his door and is off again for a few seconds while he checks the surrounding few blocks for signs of surveillance. Finally he returns with his findings...
On the other side of the gym Rawling has just enough time to catch sight of a hole in the wall, five feet wide with plaster dust bellowing out, massonry bits still falling off. There's two voices shouting from the classroom beyond, sounds of a scuffle and then *BOOM* another explosion blasts out of there, scaterring debris!
It'll have to wait though.
"I said 'DROP IT'!" Pow. The heavy caliber revolver jumps in his hand, a puff of ballistic smoke at its end.
Standard action
TK Disarm on the baddy on the left : 1d20+8=27 to hit
Baddy must succeed a STR save vs 1d20+10=23 or be disarmed. <Binder Fred does a hand pump : YEEEES!>
Baddy on the right has time enough to see his target streak with black before he feels the still hot muzzle of a revolver press into his kidneys. "You get me?"
Move
Teleport behind baddy to the right (i.e. the other one still armed).
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Binder Fred, luck of the irish.
__________________ So it goes.
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Sorry Andor, the beams don't work ATM.
Next Round: Terrorist Charging Roy; Toughness Save (1d20+8=26, 1d20+7=12)
Ouch, you're saves aint doin so hot since that first 20.. OK, i'm gonna leave it off here and let you decide if you wanna use a hero point to reroll. (ALSO see OOC thread for more on this)
Roy groans. The blast had thrown him clear out of the gym building and across the yard to where he now lay in a Roy sized dent in the Library wall. A brick fell on him adding insult to injury as he tried to figure out what had happened. Ow. God that hurt. What the hell man? He rubs his hand across his mouth. Blood? So much for being invulnerable. Why do the bullets bounce off then?
OCC
He stunned so internal monolouge is the extent of his actions this round.
I'll save the hero point. Using it to recover later is more dramatic. Besides Roy needs to learn he's mortal. In general he'll spend on defensively only if it's life or death, or of innocents will be endangered if he's put out of commision.
BTW, is there some special effect for these explosions? Fire or glowy energy or just an invisible but loud boom?
__________________ -Andor
"Congratulations. You just invented 'negligent regicide.'" - Schlock Mercenary
Bob instinctively concentrates on his psychokinetic field as the stranger hauls ass across town. A crackling red field of energy surrounds Bob as he clenches his teeth. He drops the psychokinetic field upon stopping.
Bob spends several seconds just gritting his teeth and trying to hold back puke. Finally, he manages to keep his lunch down, and with a shaky hand, gets out his key and unlocks the door to his apartment. He steps in, putting the key away, and sits down on his couch. After a minute or so, he stops shaking from the shock of getting hauled around Metro at breakneck speeds.
"...Wh-what the heck?" he asks. "What's going on?"
June 20th -Metro High- Gymnasium
The first terrorist's gun appears in Nightshifts hand and HIS gun appears in the second terrorists spine a second later. The second terrorist drops his gun and raises his hands. Meanwhile, one of the other 4 shakes his head confusedly, and looks at Nightshift, pulling a pistol from his side holster and pointing it at him. The disarmed one likewise pulls out his backup weapon, and the two of them start shouting at the others in what sounds like Nigerian. They don't shoot, presumably because their companion is in the way. All this noise seems to be bringing around the 7th, who was laying crumpled by the wall when Nightshift arrived, and is starting to stir.
Interior
Not even seeming to notice the eye-beams or Nightshift's appearance in his rage, the Super-Terrorist shouts and charges at Roy, slamming his hands into Roy and unleashing another blast right into the kid's abdomen, sending him backwards once again - this time with even more force.
Since he gained his powers, Roy has never felt something hurt so bad. Hell, it's hard to say if he's EVER hurt this badly. He barely feels the impact with the classroom wall behind him, and only briefly notices the falling books as he flies through the library, then another impact, and suddenly he finds himself rolling across the lawn and coming to a stop slammed up against a wall.
Exterior
Victor heads to the barricade to distract the police - Aided by a couple dozen suddenly frantic parents! It's all the police can do to keep the mob from stampeeding them, and Shayuri is able to sneak past, towards the library. As she goes, however, there is another explosin from inside - this one seeming closer - and a moment later something bursts through the library ahead, and hurtles past her. As she turns, she sees a boy roll across the lawn and smash into a wall, leaving a fair sized dent and trailing blood.
A few cops immediately start rushing towards the injured boy, obviously thinking the worst.
Distances
Cassandra is 30' from the library wall, 20' behind her is Roy against another wall, and 30 feet to her side is the police line (With a bunch of people now looking her way). About a hundred feet inside the building, through a few broken walls and much dust, Cassandra can see a black man running towards her screaming in rage.
Nightshift is currently in the midst of 6 now-unarmed terrorists in the gymnasium 40' behind Super-Terrorist.
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Roy's Toughness save vs Wall(1d20+7=13) *Forgot - 2 for 2 bruised lvls, so 11* For the extra damage from Knockback. That's one more bruised (total 3 bruised), and stuned - though you're allready staggered, so just the bruised.
FYI, the 'explosions' don't seem to have any visible effect, just the very loud boom.
Terrorist Will Saves (1d20+3=19, 1d20+3=10, 1d20+3=22, 1d20+3=18) to break free of Nightshift's control. One makes it. Nightshift is now facing 2 armed terrorists(again), one unarmed but not controlled, and the 7th is starting to get up (This is the 'angry terrorist' who pissed Roy off earlier... Super-Terrorist's brother.)
I just hope he doesn't lose any classmates. 
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